- 200 GRAM FLOUR
- 150 GRAM COLD BUTTER
- 5 EGGS
- 125 GRAM SUGAR
- 1 CUP
CREAM
- 1 KG SOFT FRUIT (apricots, peaches, mango, poached apple,
or a mixture)
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- 500 GRAM RAISINS, chopped
- 2 TBSP
MARMALADE
- 2 TBSP PORT
- 1 CUP APPLE SAUCE
- 180 GRAM FLOUR
- 1 TSP CINNAMON
- 1 TBSP GINGER, grated
- 1 TSP NUTMEG
- 1 TSP ALLSPICE
- 1 TBSP BAKING SODA
- 125 GRAM BUTTER
- 75 GRAM BROWN SUGAR
- 2 EGGS
- 1 TSP
VANILLA SUGAR
- 2 TBSP WHISKEY
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Make a dough of flour, 2 egg yolks, butter and 75
gram sugar. Put in an oven dish, bake 10 minutes at 180
degrees. Cut the fruit and arrange it on the dough. Mix 3 eggs with the cream
and 50 gram
sugar and poor over the fruit. Bake 25 minutes more.
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Mix raisins, marmalade, apple
sauce and port and leave overnight. Add flour, spices and baking soda.
Cream butter with sugar, eggs and vanilla and add to the mixture. Put in
an oven dish and bake 2 hours at 160 degrees and 2 hours at 150 degrees.
Pierce with a skewer and pour some whiskey over. Cover the cake airtight
and leave for a month. Cover with glaze or marzipan or serve with
custard
sauce and brandy butter.
This
enormous ingredient list is totally against the rules. However, there is no
other way to prepare a Christmas cake and since it is so delicious and
special, you can still find it here. After all, the exceptions confirm the
rule.
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